A Study in Scarlet, Pt. 2: Buchanan's Blunder

[sanguinity]

Canon Story: A Study in Scarlet, Pt. 2
Title: Hope's Buchanan's Blunder
Author: sanguinity
Rating: G
Summary: It’s almost like Jefferson Hope didn’t know a thing about 1860 Utah.



"Carson City! What's wrong with this man of your'n, running for Carson City with Camp Floyd just there?"

"Have pity, her pa just died! Her man may come yet."

"And where will he try taking her this time, the moon?"

"Ems, hush.”

“Hrmph. Listen, girl, when that man come back, you ride south. What's that Army even here for, else?"

 

Author's Notes: Command, size, and locations varied, but most years from 1857 onward, the U.S. Army maintained a not-entirely-friendly presence near Salt Lake City. From 1858 to 1861, Camp Floyd was the single largest concentration of army troops in the U.S., and by the time you threw in all its civilian support, was fully half the population of Salt Lake City. It would have been only a hard day-or-so's ride away, if Lucy and Jefferson changed horses.

A Study in Scarlet, Pt. 2: Sister Wives

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Canon Story: A Study in Scarlet, Pt. 2
Title: Sister Wives
Author: sanguinity
Rating: PG
Warnings: Everything is extratexual and some time ago, but the same warnings as I'd give for Lucy Ferrier's story.
Summary: Ugly memories at Lucy’s graveside.
Author's notes: Two ficlets from me this week. Same characters, less than a month later.


“Don't think much of a man who'd steal a ring off a dead girl's finger, but not his willing betrothed from a house."

"Poor thing was already married, Ems."

"Shouldn't've mattered. Wouldn't've stopped me."

"That so? Don't rightly recall you stealing me out of this house. Recall you marrying Enoch yourself."

“…you ever gonna forgive me that?"

“Some day, yes.”